How to Talk to Your Child about a Surgery Center Visit

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1 Page 1 of 6 How to Talk to Your Child about a Surgery Center Visit Thank you for choosing us to care for your child. We believe children are special. We know that they need help getting ready for surgery, and they do best when their questions are answered. What s in this booklet? Your child s care team... 2 Getting ready... 3 Children and anesthesia... 4 Common questions children ask... 4 We can help you prepare your child through our Children s Preparation Program. For example, we can offer: A play kit and other items to help your child get ready (mailed to your home) A list of children s books about hospitals and surgery Hospital/clinic tours Child-Family Life (CFL) specialists or others who can support your child and help answer your questions. To get started, call or Ask for details about the Children s Preparation Program. Be sure to visit mhealth.org/ ChildrensSurgeryPrep for videos and other information to help get ready for surgery. Look for the free Child-Family Life app, Passport to UMMCH, in itunes or Google Play! This app will help you and your child prepare for your visit. If you are deaf or hard of hearing, please let us know. We provide many free services including sign language interpreters, oral interpreters, TTYs, telephone amplifiers, note takers and written materials.

2 Page 2 of 6 Your child s care team You will meet doctors, nurses, child or Child-Family Life specialists and others the day you arrive. Our highly skilled care team will give your child the best medical care. They will help you and your child before, during and after surgery. You may also ask to meet with a social worker or a chaplain. Your child s well-being is our top concern. Please feel free to ask questions we are all here to help you. Note: In this booklet, the word surgery is a general term. It includes surgeries and other procedures or exams your child may have. What is Child-Family Life? Child-Family Life (CFL) specialists are experts in children s growth and development. They know how to teach children about medical treatments and surgery. Their services are free. Important phone numbers Child-Family Life: Preadmission Nurse Line: Children s Preparation Program: Interpreter Services:

3 Page 3 of 6 Getting ready It can be hard to know what to say and how to prepare your child for a surgery center visit. Below are some simple ideas that can help. General tips First, ask your child what he or she is thinking about the surgery day. This gives you a starting point for your talk. Talk about only what your child will be awake for and remember. Use short and simple words that your child knows. Avoid scary words. Give honest answers to your child s questions. For younger children (0 to 3 years old) Prepare yourself. Be informed and calm. Your child senses your feelings and watches for your anxiety or fear. Bring your child s favorite items from home (blanket, pacifier, stuffed animal) Children learn by watching. Ease your child s fears by letting the staff show your child how something is done on you. Set up a hospital tour. For preschoolers (3 to 5 years old) Talk to your child about 3 days before your visit or surgery. Use a toy medical kit to play hospital with your child. Read books about doctors and hospitals. Have your child pack favorite things to bring. Take a hospital tour. Be informed and calm. Your child looks to you for reassurance and comfort. For school-age children (5 to 12 years old) Tell your child what the surgery center visit will be like about one week before your visit. Allow your child time to think about what you have said. Ask them what they are thinking. Read or offer books about doctors and hospitals. Take a hospital tour, or talk with a Child-Family Life Specialist for more information. Have your child plan what to bring and what they will do when they are home. Be informed and calm. Your behaviors shape your child s beliefs. For teens (12 years and older) Involve your teen in their health care planning. Explain why the surgery or treatment is needed. Be well-informed when you talk with your teen, and offer helpful details. Be aware that many teens will search the Internet as well. Be calm. Encourage your teen to ask questions and help make decisions as appropriate. Respect your teen s need for privacy. Give him or her time to think and ask questions. Be calm. Assure your teen that no matter what, you will work through this together. What to avoid Do not promise what you can t do. If you don t know the answer to your child s question, you can promise to get more details. Do not mislead or misinform your child. Use your judgment, choose your words carefully and be as gently honest as possible.

4 Page 4 of 6 Children and anesthesia How will you help my child fall asleep? Our number-one goal is to keep your child safe and pain-free. On the morning of your visit, you and your child will meet with the anesthesiologist (the doctor who will give medicine to make your child fall asleep). He or she will discuss your child s anesthesia care (the process of giving sleep medicine to your child). This doctor will talk to you about: The safest anesthesia care for your child How the medicine will be given (through a breathing mask or an IV) What we will do to ease your child s anxiety Whether you can stay with your child while the medicine is given When you will be with your child again. Can parents be with their children as they fall asleep? Some surgery centers may allow one parent to stay with the child as he or she falls asleep. The parent must leave as soon as the child is asleep, so doctors can focus on the child s care. You can stay with your child only if: Your surgery center has a policy that allows it. Your child s age meets the rules at that center. There are no concerns that may affect your child s safety. Your anesthesiologist agrees you should stay with your child until he or she is asleep. We know that anesthesia can be scary for children. That s why we work hard to ease your child s fears and yours as well. Common questions children ask Children of all ages will have questions. Below are simple answers to the most common questions, along with some tips for parents. Tailor your answers to meet your child s needs. Very young children often do well with simple words. Older children may want more details. Teens might need medical terms like anesthesia (instead of sleep medicine ) and anesthesiologist (instead of sleep doctor ). Let your child guide you. Q: Where will I be? A: At the hospital, there are special places for each part of the surgery day. Since each hospital is different, contact the Children s Preparation Program to learn what rooms your child will see. These may include: A waiting room A place to change into hospital pajamas or gown and meet the staff A place to fall asleep with sleep medicine A place where the doctors will do their work A room to wake up from the sleep medicine Rooms where children can spend the night if they need to. You have talked to the anesthesiologist about the anesthesia care. (This happens on the morning of surgery.)

5 Page 5 of 6 Q: Who will I see there? A: There s a hospital team ready to care just for you. Explain that doctors, nurses and helpers will be waiting to meet the child. They will wear scrubs (hospital work clothes that look like pajamas). Q: Where will you be? A: I will stay with you for as long as I can. We will know more about the plan on your surgery day, when we talk to the doctors. Explain that you will be nearby at all times. You will be with your child as soon as you can. Q: Will it hurt? A: After surgery, you will feel different. And if it hurts, we will tell the doctors and nurses. Children need to know it s okay to talk about pain. Explain that it s the child s job to tell us if he or she hurts. Assure your child that we have medicine to help stop the hurting. Also, the doctors and nurses have lots of ideas to help children feel better. Different surgeries or treatments have different pain levels. Ask your doctor what to expect. Q: Will I have a shot? A: Your doctor knows you don t like shots. He/she has many ways to help you get your medicine. You might swallow it, breathe it though a mask or get it through an IV. No matter how you get your medicine, your doctors will work to keep you comfortable. Q: What s an IV? A: An IV is a tiny, tiny tube that is placed into a vein in your hand or arm. It works like a special drinking tube for your body. An IV (intravenous) tube helps put medicine right into the bloodstream. After this tube is in place, children don t have to taste the medicine, breathe it in or get more needle pokes. It works fast. An IV also lets doctors give your child other medicines while he or she is asleep. For older children, it s often easier to fall asleep if anesthesia comes through an IV instead of a breathing mask. Q: Will I have an IV? A: Maybe. You might need an IV to help your body be safe during surgery. For younger children, the IV may be started after they are asleep. They will wake up and find it taped in place and working already. If your child will receive anesthesia through an IV, we will start the IV before the child is asleep. We will make every effort to limit discomfort caused from starting the IV. Once it is in place, other needle pokes are not usually needed. We have ways to make starting an IV easier. For example, we can numb your child s skin with medicine (called a topical anesthetic) before guiding the tiny IV tube into place. Q: Why do I need sleep medicine? A: Because being in a medicine sleep (anesthetized) makes sure you won t feel anything. With anesthesia, children do not have to worry about feeling anything, holding still or wondering how long it will take.

6 Page 6 of 6 Q: Will I wake up during surgery? A: The sleep doctor will make sure you stay asleep until surgery is done. That s his/her job, and he/ she is very good at it. Explain that medicine sleep is not like regular sleep. Children stay asleep until the doctor stops giving the medicine. Q: What will I feel like when I wake up? A: It feels different to wake up from medicine. It s hard to think and know what s going on. I will be there as soon as I can to help you. Children tell us they feel sleepy or groggy after they wake up. Some say that they are dizzy, can t think or just don t like it. Often they are grumpy. Q: When can I go home? A: As soon as the doctor says it s okay. Let your child know if he or she will stay in the hospital overnight. Children who stay in the hospital are moved to their room when they are ready. Doctors and nurses will check on them very often during their stay. When your child is ready to go home, a nurse will go over discharge plans (what to do at home). Your child can put on his or her own clothes. We will bring your family to the hospital door. Assure your child that if something hurts, we can help with our medicines. Q: Why can t I eat or drink anything? A: Because the sleep medicine can upset your stomach. No one can eat or drink before having anesthesia. That s the rule. You can also mention that throwing up is not fun it s what we want to avoid. Be sure to follow your eating and drinking guidelines. Q: When can I eat again? A: After surgery is done and you wake up, you can have sips of water, ice chips, Popsicles or juice. Most children are not hungry right away. Often we must urge them to drink or eat. Drinking starts out slowly so we can see how your child s stomach reacts. A nurse will bring crackers when it s okay to start eating again. For informational purposes only. Not to replace the advice of your health care provider. Copyright 2014 Fairview Health Services. All rights reserved. SMARTworks REV 11/16.

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